Lindsey O. Graham

It is good to be President Barack Obama these days. In the midst of a visit to Africa, including Kenya, where Republican front-runner Donald Trump has insisted Obama was born, the president seems to have been liberated by events and circumstances to speak his true mind. Events include the Supreme Court's favorable rulings on the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage. Circumstances stem from the Republican presidential race, in which some candidates appear to be vying to out-Trump Trump. In sum, Obama doesn't think much of Trump — or of Trump's Republican critics. Neither does he think much of GOP leaders and wannabe presidents, whose apocalyptic rhetoric has...

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